Coastal communities in the west of Scotland have branded as unfair moves to bolster emergency tug cover around the northern isles but nowhere else.
While Orkney and Shetland will have two emergency tugs in the event of a pollution crisis, none will be stationed on the west. The Western Isles Council says it is nonsensical and is putting lives and the environment at risk.
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